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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Begin the New Year with wooing Fortune.

Begin the New Year with Wooing Fortune.
At the start of the Holiday season, the
usual Grand Distribution (the 199th
Monthly and an Extraordinary Drawing)
of The Louisiana State Lottery occurred ut
oon on Tuesday, December II, 1SS6, under
the sole management of Generals G.. T.
B~eauregard, of La, and Jubal 4. Early, of
Va. No. SO, III drew First Capital Prize
of $50, 900 sold in tenths at 81 each; one
was held by a client of ]. Bendernagel, a
notary public, 15S Common street, n. o.;
two by Frank Metz, Oshkosh, Wis.
two collected by Wells, Far
so & Co.'S Bank, San Fran
cisco, Cal one paid to a depositor in the
Hibernia National Bank of n. o.; another
collected by ]. G. Lallande, a runner of
the n. o. National Bank; the rest else
where. The Second Prize of $50, 900 was
drawn by No. 81. 400, sold in halves at
So each; one to s. HeSSlein, Isl ). Clark
street, Chicago, H., collected through Il.
& o. Express Co; the other to j. ".
Meissner, Is y. Third St, Allentown, Pa,
collected through Germania National
Bank, New Orleans. Third Capital Prize,
$40, 900, was won by No. S2,507; sold in
tenths at 81 each; one held by F. NJ.
Gross, Charlottesville, Ga; one by VIM.
2. Brady, No. 1915 Fulton avenue, Evans
Vile, Ind. one by Linsey Hayden, also of
Evansville, Ind; one by Wm. l..
Gaquilliat, of Savannah, Georgia; one
paid to Wells, Fargo & COmpany's
Bank of San Francisco, Cal. Fourth, two
prices, $4,000 each, were drawn by Nos.
SIP and 50, 800; two tenths paid TO j.
PrendergaSt, through Stein Bros, Balti-
more, Md, two-tenths to c. j. Mcdowell,
No. 676 Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio;
one-tenth to the National Commercial
Bank, of Mobile, Ala; one-tenth to Wm.
Ii. Leinkauf& Son, Bankers, Mobile, Ala.
one by F.. S. Pool, and another by George
Reed and C. A. Dougherty, of Bakersfield,
Cal; another paid to Wells, Fargo x Co.'S
Bank, San Francisco, Cal. Any infOrma-
ton about the next Grand Extraordinary
Drawing, February s, 1887, will be fur
niShed on application TO NJ. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, Ia. Begin the New Year
with wooing Fortune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
An Endt to Rome Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
says: Having received 80 much benefit
from Electric BitterS, / feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had q running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me | would have to
have the bone scraped or the leg amputat-
ed. L used, instead, three BOTTLES Of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's
Arnica salye, and my leg is nows sound and
we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at ffty-cents a
bottle, and Bueklen's .Arnica salve nj PIE.
per box by Logan & Co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Then the rule will work all right, see, ehE
Let's 90 and take something"

Then the rule will work all right, see, en-
Let's 90 and take something"
~
A very philosophical old gentleman was
looking from a ear window, and seeing
hundreds of boxes of eggs on the platform,
~gravely remarked to his companion,-.
~ wonder where in the world all those
equs come from" A little boy from the
country heard the remark with open eyes,
and remarked to the enlightenment of the
old gentleman.
"Why, the hens laid EN-"
A gentleman went into q Kansas drug
store to get some wrapping paper, u was
unable to find any larger than a sheet oil
foolscap.
You don't use very large wrapping pa
per here"
"Plenty large for our goods"
''You surely don't sell very large pack
ages" ,
"Well the general run is about pint N
quart size"
~
Doctor" observed an enquiring person,
do you believe in this idea OF birth
marks?"
Certainly" gruffly responded the doc
tor" nearly every darkey's head in the
South looks like L Watermelon"
~
An actor who had not attended church
for a number of years made an innovation
in his life by attending divine service. As
he entered he noticed a person by the door
and politely bowling said, member Of St.
James Comedy Co.
Step in please" said the fellow. In
the evening another brother actor asked
him about the performance and asked
what it cost him.
Nothing, 1 went on the strength OF the
profesh."
~
Miss Prudey, of Boston: "Oh, my dear
Miss Duzen / would prefer not to sit in
this arm chair, | would like a straight
backed chair"
''Why my dear Miss Prudey?"
ooh" replied Miss P, blushing, "you
see if | sit in this chair its arms will be
about me waist, and | don't think the rules
of strict prOpriety will permit a lady to
allow arms around her waist"
~
"Say," said a porter to the hotel pro
prietor, "why did you raise the price from
a dollar to 81. 50 day, the guests are kick
ing about it?' .
''Style, John, style, that new clerk of
ours wears a diamond almost as big as your
fist"
~
bridget where is all that cake that was
left from SUPPER
81 don't know mum, the rats must have
ate it."
81 know ma" interrupted Johnny,
1.-THE policeman hOgged the whole chunk
last night and he gave me 4 quarter and
said to say nOthin' but saw wood, and We
mustn't say anything about it ina.
~
Philosophy. Ten fellows wanted a boot
black to black their shoes and offered him
40c, which he agreed to accept, but want
ed the pay before he did the work, which
they refused. .
Now you see" said the boy, eff | get
the O and don't shine you up you
could lick me, an if | shine you and you
won't pay NE, | cant lick You ~lellers, an
Pm left, that's why l want the money
now.n
~
"'What! Inc marry George" said Ara
bella, to her bosom friend Clara, mo never,
he is English you know and claims to be
long to the nobility. Suppose we wanted
Il divorce! | cannot bear the idea. Just
look at the Colin Campbell case. Marry
George? No, never
~
"No, thanks, l don't drink now, haven't
taken a drink for six weeks"
"YOu cannot count right old fellow
"Why sop
because il has been only 10 days since
New Years VANILLA JONES.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Rncklen,H ArnIcn Salxe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all the Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Logan & Co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

md the cruelty of outside persons trifing
with persons so afflicted evident. There
is a case or record where a Jumper was
told to leap off a precipice ITO feet high.
He obeyed and wa instantly dashed to
pieces.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, is the prescription Of one
of the best female nurses and physicians
in the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never failing success
by millions OF mothers for their children.
During the process of tcething its value is
in~calculablc. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and d%iarrhma, grip
ing in the bOwels,and wind collie. by Civ
ing health TO the child it rests the mother.
Price 25ca bottle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

All TRAVIS daily eIcept sunday.
Puliinsn's Palace BUFFET d Hotel Weeping
Can through without cbsbye from 5tsutcnyilIr
iambus. Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago. indis.
nspolis and ~. LOub.
FOR through tickets, tssgAge checks sleeping
car accommodations, and zny furhsr Information
Pan. Handle station, fca Of Eleventh street, %
al CITY Ticket cnsse, under M6L1re Honse, wheel
Ing JAMIE hckEA,
General Manager, fItisturH. Pa
\. !. FOkD,.
lIn,I % ana HacL.. ancr. I.,..hn,.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Dleeliu9 8egistrr
MEATH THE

LVe.
I Lissed her meath the miStletoe,
SSr was ~ young. ~ sweet 50 fair,
With bright blue eyes and golden hair'
l., CT ri like them all tu know,
ikissrI her meath the miStlctOe:
NJ 4, think she seemed % Enld,
I;ut stirI rather 70 her charms ~"
When round my neck she threw her arms,
NuG whispered soft her sinai RLarhlS'
Fnr shc was only I'VE years Old,
AMI feared. IL seems, her nurse might scOld.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

Say waiter what does TINS reu 'nalr
mean in my sOup?' demanded n patron IN
a restaurant. ''Oh, the hair, sir?" that's a
charm. The cook puts 4 hair in the soup
and the man who gets it is the man she
will marry"
~
In the morning Annie's aunt asked, as
she glared through her Spectacles, what
did you mean when You said last night,
you can't bust them George, they are new,
squeeze away"
'Oh auntie. George was trying on my
new gloves" Auntic forgot that her niece
had purchased a new pair of corsets the
day before.
Maudic sat at the window, and seeing a
horse going by with no harness, exclaimed,
"Oh mama that poor horse will freeze, see
it has no clothes on Another time her
father wa showing her various kinds of
trees from 4 car window, oak, sycamore
auu 80 ou, uudllN liz SN - IhhC hSS w"
asked her what kind of a tree it was.
oh" said she rs she clapped her hands,
that's a Christmas tree" and seeing no
candles or presents she said, and its been
picked
-
What is a noun" said the teacher of a
grammar class. No $ a nOu is
a name of an object, TO- what is table,"
Table is "A qnadruped," shouted a
yOungster from the end of the class.
How is that" said the teacher.
Cause you said yesterday that every
thing with four legs was a quadIuped."
~
"Hellow Jones, what's the matter? Look
like n cyclone hit you. what skinned your
nose that way?'
II was Just trying an experiment, try
ing to make n rule work both ways, to see
if it was a good one"
"What did you dO?"
H"YOu see | raised the devil at home on
account of the coffee and tea, and my wife
said. there you 90 always finding fault ut
home, and you 90 down to the saloon and
never grumble about the whisky you get,
why don't You srumble some then, she
said. just made up my mind that 1 would
kick on the text bad whisky 1 got. l
made q remark and the internal saloon
keeper nearly ~paralyzed me, that's what
skinned my nose"
well, will you make any more remarks
about the whisky"
well, guess not, and think I'll not
say anything else about bad coffee st home.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

@snd many lady aid bhed clerk in bPe dugaMe
@GNhsM Mexican Syrup gsh most general satisfaction dy thing wei w~ gO 3D. and pommedy some of our
remedies put tghar Nm e our amBn risk nothing in brmg as the rwi@rs uhhp all druggists
rnnneeh;0 tn doe not give na satisfaction will refund the mey Ksm made ONE mnabee cures" he Tpii
a WORD TO co1TsJA6PTTvEs.
. CnmnpMsb@ because all other hgs fail bMendh that Ghs Mexican Syrup will CONSUMPTION AN Be CURED
ha through tn epms of electric aGy hmy take its Pmm the l wan cure the disease This is lust
IwtG 0hs Mexican syrup does: 1t at once stops ep progressed tn disease by preventing the further aE of nbmnkn
matt, for het eg n is Udrs mfuem nnnhnn is rmuda and a&mnand Henrb Cahs NdtSwau
ioha gHpnsd consumption. GoocHsM MEXICAN SYRUP HAS CURED THOUSANDS AM IT ~ cUREY oI
Thu rmeyb PLEASANT the nea y hgT@h children with perfect safety II ahh immediate relief Clergyman
sTS%n f%@ g TS s @ nsmnnd SE CINCINNATI aoTe q ScaammnM co.. q Main sg%c %n%% Obi" PF s %. as
Ign druggists sO% prh your incidence aab Mnth and wmtgah for you ndw ~ ensa d ewu seed
hme Gp@aS pnmn any art Ii s. 49,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
SPHINX KNOTS.
Anycommunication for this department should
be addressed 70 L. R. CHADBoUEN, LewitOwn, Me.
No. 392.-See in the Night.
PRIZE ENIGMA.

No. 392.-See in the Night.
PRIZE ENIGMA.
Three brave men one stormy night
Were vending hsme their way
When sudden bursts Of wind and rain
Their rapid steps did stay.
A refuge now the quickly sought
Within All ancient shed;
Close by stood Hobbs deserted house
Twas haunted, people said.
In might time something had been seen
Within the orchard dim,
Or lust beyond the bush so dense
In shadows dark and grlm.
And farmer Jones, one Hallow EN-,
Declared with all his might
That he was sure that very thing
Was standing plain in sight.
The storm had ceased, and Tom with vim
Now outward a a dash.
Hal LOOki-in front Of that old house
behind that withered ASH
Now all looked out, and all beheld,
In pale and spectral light
1t stood distinct and plain out there,
All silent in the night
Right in the pathway, firm, erect
Aud now behind the sash .,
Lets catch il, boys" brave Tom exclaimed,
And at il made "A dash.
ITS in that old oak chest, =" said Ben;
said Tom, Il saw 1t now
I'd in the chimney's sOOty throat,
ON that I'll make a VOW"
Twas dressed in black, said eager Ben.
Said Tom, You are not right;
saw it plain AS plain can be;
I'll swear il was in white"
And now my friends my riddles told;
In answering be not rash;
And if sou find that you are sold,
BE sure yom get the cash.
BELLE BURDETTE.
IA suitable prize will be awarded for each OF
ne first two correct answers.
-
No. 393.-A Square.
In writing puzzles for work and fun
We often in sentences use a one.
In the evening for enjoyment. new
We get a seat and go to the ilDO.
A workman lifts IA box with glee,
When he has To- assist him an iron hree
A mountaineer might well adore
\ pretty, graceful aud darling four.
The ancientS priced and used TO thrive
On the aromatic plant called Hre.
EMPHATIC.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

Say waiter what does this red hair
mean in my sOup?' demanded a patron in
a restaurant. "Oh, the hair, sir?" that's a
charm. The cook puts 4 hair in the soup
and the man who gets it is the man she
will marry"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

Al Cn1 CHECKS in q hours. Cures I'm 8
ion day.. Bal cases wanted. Drug Store,
Al" nru II y. Eleventh ~, Phil, Ia, AMI
40 MIN at logan & Co sDrng Store. Wheel
a., tnip
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Answers.

3I9-A goose.
$50. thou invisible spirit of wine! if thou
hast no name To he kuOwnlby, let us call thee
devil.
ssh. Inventor. .. Revelation.
3S2-SpntlcSS.
3S}-Chcst nut, walQ)-nut, ground-nut, beech
nut, BraZil-uut, halle nut, buttcr-nut, peanut,
cocoa nut. gall-nut.
3Si-T -
OTTO
OTTO
foot
3$-TwClith.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
VANILLA JONES' MUSINGS,

Answers will be published in two weeks.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
No. 394.-TrIple Letter Enigma.

No oOfs-ANiPAO wv
Forward Better late than never"
Ireland. free from England sever,
out upon the Landlords calling
Freedom, on See Kingdoms falling
We may hear the "SiVa'S stOrmlng,
See the times exactly forming
While we view the truth increasing
yearly, now, new lite It's leasing,
"The year seems near of Jubilee,
When We shall SET the world free.
10 We not hear of earthquakes dire
cities fall by storms and fire:
The Bear now grOwlS-hc'S hard To tame
The Lion" shakes his shaggy name.
Austria Strengthens her frontier,
The "SiCk-man" grOans within his bier;
While bismarck calls for men and means,
Italia looks for bloody scenes:
France prepares IA show her hand,
Ii strife SHOULD come DER all the land;
Zen Switzerland. the nome of Tell,
Prepares for war from hill aud dell,
For she, alas! may have 10 fight
For Truth and Freedom and the Right.
The answer will a poem give
BY Tgnnysun-hc yet doth live.
X. h. Nus.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
Balroads.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD CON.
ID psny. On aud after December ~. lS6e pe2en.
rey traius viii nun a Acknowledging time:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
No. 307.-Anagrams.

The ''p,ep sure cap sounds very odd,
But YOU will doubtless soon be able
To see it's something often found
Upon the very choicest table.
ii.
I'll wager that you never looked,
Upon a balmy summer morn
Into u clear and dimpling lake
But that you saw tie four iyC corn"
q. l.. )
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

No. 395.-Numerical COnundrms.
l.. 3 between two ones doth stand,
With n hundred ut each hand.
> Place six before Il thousand, II what have
;Ou'
3. HOwcan you make onethnuSandchaSc nine'
I'm what word would the difference between
~ and $40 be one!
). lwwhat word would the difference between
il and 1879 be five
4. How can you make the difference between
,ul and ~ to be l,UOU
:. What are the prospects of making the differ
auCc between JOO and ZOO to be one"
\ \ number resembling a certain wine con-
letts one hundred with iurty-ninc.
.. Five hundred with Il double six before 1t.
~. | for one have In ut my right hand,
And before me 1000 at my command.
n. 500 at my left, so at my right,
And ! ia the middle am left To fight.
NurE-Thc several results are words.
AGTIBUs L~AURENTIUs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
M ynG Aluays With H..

No. 306.-Always With Us.
Something we value highly,
Yet constantly abuse;
Something we can keep
Yet every day we lost.
Something that can tn
And battles all pursuit
IL tells the StrangcSt stories
With lips that still are mute
It's something very precious
Yet often thrown away:
II comes To every mortal
But never COme< To stay:
4 thing with hCdiiRg powers
OF a tcar-it makes IL SmiiC.
IL really is not ours
But only lent awhile! J. b. NJ.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

IDITTsBUIG, CINCINNATI vt. LOUIS X. X
j (Pan. Handle Route.)
Time table fOf Fast and West corUstrs 70 Nov.
II, 1855. Trains leave Pan. Handle station, lot
OF Eleventh street, near public landing. ~ follows
Central Standard Time:
PITT. Fast Fast Par.
STATIONS. EIp's EIp's EIp's EIp's
National Republican., 1887-01-15
Benton'a Hair Grower.

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are troubled with DANDRuFF or ITCHING of the
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though the person may have remained bald
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Unlike other preparations, II contains no
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The Hair Grower is a hair food, and Its com
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National Republican., 1887-01-15
YIELD FOR THE YEAR,
Considerable OF u Reduction When
Compared with 1888.

The department OF agriculture estimates
OF area, product, and value of corn, wheat,
and oats for permanent record are com
pleted. The official work OF the year has
bsen thoroughly reviewed, with the aid of
state co operation and all available data OF
crop production, and the aggregates are
substantially those recently reported. The
corn crop, IN round numbers, aggregates
l,665, 100000 bushels, grown on 5000, 900
acres, and has farm value of S6l0, 900, 900
The yield is - bushels per acre, u bushels
less than last year. There is an increase of
area OF over 3 per cent. and u decrease in
product OF IA per cent, while the average
price has Increased II per cent, or from
81 cents to 1866 cents per bushel,
The aggregate product Of wheat is 451,.
OOO,OOO bushels from an area of nearly 81
100000 acres, having farm value OF S3l4,-
OOO,OOO. The average value Is Us. cents per
bushel, against a. for the previous crop,
and 6i.5 cents for the great crop of 1854.
This Is 30 per cent. reduction from the
average value between 1870 and 1850. The
yield of the spring wheat centers is better
than was expected early In the season, and
on the Pacific coast much worse. The gem
eral average for winter aud spring wheat is
nearly l2.4 bushels per acre.
The product of oats Is 62i, 900, 600 bush.
els, 100000 less than last year, from an
area of over 23,000, 200 acres, uI oducing a
value OF Sls6,OOO,OO0. The average yield
is 2B.i bushelf against 27.6 last year. The
average value Is 20 cents per bushel; last
year 2S,5 cents per bushel.
National Republican., 1887-01-15

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